Hot AC Chart Info

(Adult Top 40)

Top
100 Hot AC Songs 1994-2011

A new version with a different ranking system has been calculated. This version will no longer be updated.

Explanation

For each song that charted from the first Hot AC chart in
April 1994 to the
final chart week of December 2011, I calculated points based on the
song's position
on each individual chart. (Chart Purists will say that this chart is
meaningless, but it's just for fun!).

It should be noted that R&R changed the Hot AC chart
from a 30
position
chart to a 40 position chart in 2002. Thus, to be fair, points were
calculated
for all years as if the charts had 40 positions. Data from August 2006
through the present is from the Published Mediabase 24/7 Hot AC chart.

2011 Update: No songs move up the chart, and for the
first time ever, no song reaches the top 100. The closest a 2011 song
came to the top 100 was "Rolling in the Deep", which ends up at 103
with 1220 points..

Keep in mind that with recurrent rules being much more strict, songs will have harder times making this top 100

.

The Chart!

The Top 50:

Top
100 Songs from 1994-2010

#

Title

Artist

Peak(wks), Year

Points

1

Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)

Train

1 (11), 2001

2459

2

You and Me

Lifehouse

1 (10), 2005

2370

3

Smooth

Santana f/ Rob Thomas

1 (23), 1999

2314

4

Wherever You Will Go

The Calling

1 (20), 2001

2303

5

Hanging by a Moment

Lifehouse

1 (6),2001

2216

6

Slide

Goo Goo Dolls

1 (1), 1999

2027

7

Everything You Want

Vertical Horizon

1 (13), 2000

1973

8

Unwell

Matchbox Twenty

1 (20), 2003

1944

9

Why Don’t You & I?

Santana f/ Alex Band

1 (9), 2003

1877

10

If You’re Gone

Matchbox 20

1 (10), 2000

1858

11

Over My Head (Cable Car)

Fray

3 (4), 2006

1812

12

The Reason

Hoobastank

1 (11), 2004

1750

13

Here without You

3 Doors Down

1 (14), 2003

1728

14

How to Save a Life

Fray

1 (12), 2006+

1688

15

Someday

Nickelback

3 (7), 2004

1681

16

I'm Yours

Jason Mraz

1 (11), 2008

1679

17

Chasing Cars

Snow Patrol

1 (4), 2007

1671

18

Bright Lights

Matchbox Twenty

2 (1), 2004

1637

19

How You Remind Me

Nickelback

2 (17), 2002

1635

20

Hey Soul Sister

Train

1 (6), 2010

1630

21

Kiss Me

Sixpence None the Richer

2 (8), 1999

1620

22

Bent

Matchbox Twenty

1 (13), 2000

1615

23

A Thousand Miles

Vanessa Carlton

2 (4), 2002

1609

24

One Thing

Finger Eleven

2 (8), 2004

1589

25

Waiting for the World to Change

John Mayer

2 (4), 2006

1565

26

This Love

Maroon 5

1 (13), 2004

1558

27

Barely Breathing

Duncan Sheik

3 (13), 1997

1557

28

If You Go

Jon Secada

2 (1), 1994

1551

29

Superman (It’s Not Easy)

Five for Fighting

1 (4), 2001

1528

30

Complicated

Avril Lavigne

1 (16), 2002

1526

31

Breakeven

The Script

1 (7), 2010

1525

32

Iris

Goo Goo Dolls

1 (15), 1998

1519

33

Love Song

Sara Bareilles

1 (10), 2008

1519

34

All for You

Sister Hazel

1 (8), 1997

1517

35

Bubbly

Colbie Caillat

1 (17), 2007

1501

36

Heaven

Los Lonely Boys

2 (6), 2004

1497

37

Collide

Howie Day

7 (6), 2005

1497

38

I’ll Be

Edwin McCain

4 (2), 1998

1488

39

Your Body Is a Wonderland

John Mayer

3 (4), 2002

1485

40

Calling All Angels

Train

1 (3), 2003

1482

41

Back 2 Good

Matchbox 20

4 (11), 1999

1472

42

Then the Morning Comes

Smash Mouth

2 (10), 1999

1463

43

Save Tonight

Eagle-Eye Cherry

3 (1), 1999

1463

44

With Arms Wide Open

Creed

1 (9), 2002

1458

45

Black Balloon

Goo Goo Dolls

2 (1), 1999

1458

46

3 am

Matchbox 20

1 (11), 1998

1447

47

Lonely No More

Rob Thomas

1 (10), 2005

1444

48

She Will Be Loved

Maroon 5

1 (12), 2004

1432

49

Again

Lenny Kravitz

1 (2), 2001

1426

50

She’s So High

Tal Bachman

1 (4), 1999

1425

The Bottom 50:

(#, Title, Artist, Peak position, year, Points)

#

Title

Artist

Peak(wks),Year

Points

51

Meet Virginia

Train

2 (2), 1999

1425

52

Drift Away

Uncle Kracker f/ D. Gray

2 (10), 2003

1424

53

Out of My Head

Fastball

3 (5), 1999

1424

54

When I’m Gone

3 Doors Down

3 (8), 2003

1412

55

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Green Day

1 (10), 2005

1411

56

Soak Up the Sun

Sheryl Crow

1 (9), 2002

1408

57

Unwritten

Natasha Bedingfield

2 (7), 2006

1404

58

No Such Thing

John Mayer

3 (2), 2002

1404

59

Love Remains the Same

Gavin Rossdale

2 (3), 2008

1403

60

Torn

Natalie Imbruglia

1 (19), 1998

1381

61

Let Me Go

3 Doors Down

3 (4), 2005

1377

62

Whatever It Takes

Lifehouse

3 (5), 2008

1371

63

White Flag

Dido

4 (8), 2004

1371

64

Give a Little Bit

Goo Goo Dolls

1 (7), 2005

1361

65

Paralyzer

Finger Eleven

3, 2008

1357

66

Photograph

Nickelback

1 (13), 2006

1354

67

Shattered (Turn the Car Around)

O.A.R.

2 (4), 2008

1348

68

I Don't Want to Wait

Paula Cole

1 (6), 1997

1345

69

ThankYou

Dido

1 (7), 2001

1341

70

The Middle

Jimmy Eat World

2 (2), 2002

1340

71

Breakaway

Kelly Clarkson

2 (4), 2005

1337

72

Someday

Sugar Ray

3 (3), 1999

1337

73

In the House of Stone and Light

Martin Paige

1 (1), 1995

1333

74

Bad Day

Daniel Powter

1 (13), 2006

1325

75

Insensitive

Jann Arden

5 (2), 1996

1315

76

The Remedy (I Won't Worry)

Jason Mraz

4 (3), 2003

1306

77

Sunny Came Home

Shawn Colvin

1 (4), 1997

1295

78

Wild Night

John Mellencamp f/ M.
Ndegiocello

1 (4), 1994

1291

79

Ever the Same

Rob Thomas

2 (3), 2006

1288

80

As I Lay Me Down

Sophie B. Hawkins

1 (7), 1995

1283

81

My Immortal

Evanescence

1 (2), 2004

1276

82

Real World

Matchbox 20

3 (5), 1998

1276

83

Use Somebody

Kings of Leon

1 (11), 2009

1275

84

Come to My Window

Melissa Etheridge

2 (1), 1994

1274

85

Change the World

Eric Clapton

1 (6), 1996

1273

86

Follow Me

Uncle Kracker

1 (5), 2001

1272

87

Who Knew

Pink

2 (14), 2007

1269

88

Give Me One Reason

Tracy Chapman

1 (7), 1996

1265

89

You Found Me

Fray

1 (12), 2009

1262

90

One Headlight

The Wallflowers

1 (7), 1997

1261

91

Never Let You Go

Third Eye Blind

4 (8), 2000

1254

92

First Time

Lifehouse

3 (6), 2007

1252

93

Sorry

Buckcherry

2 (3), 2008

1250

94

One Last Breath

Creed

2 (4), 2002

1249

95

What About Now

Daughtry

3, 2008

1242

96

Wonder

Natalie Merchant

3 (5), 1996

1237

97

Feels Like Tonight

Daughtry

1 (3), 2008

1235

98

Far Away

Nickelback

1 (6), 2006

1231

99

Black Horse & the Cherry Tree

KT Tunstall

1 (6), 2006

1228

100

Walkin’ on the Sun

Smash Mouth

1 (1), 1997

1227

Songs that fell out of the
survey this year:

NONE!

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